| Literature DB >> 7961481 |
J G Moffat1, W P Tate, P S Lovett.
Abstract
Placing a translation stop codon at the ribosomal pause site in the leader of the attenuation-regulated cat-86 gene activates cat expression in the absence of the inducer, chloramphenicol. Genetic experiments have shown that this phenomenon depends on the amino acid sequence of the leader-encoded peptide and could readily be explained if the peptide was an inhibitor of translation termination. Here we demonstrate that the cat-86 leader pentapeptide is an in vitro inhibitor of translation termination in addition to its previously described antipeptidyltransferase activity.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7961481 PMCID: PMC197091 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.22.7115-7117.1994
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490